Veganism has the unassailable moral high ground. Change my mind.
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Piper · 61-69, F
I can't really assail that view, in the way you've presented it. Most people who abstain from the consumption of meat and most or some animal 'products', do so in an attempt to do the least harm.
There is nothing ethical or moral about the undeniable suffering of animals in factory farming. According to most available statistics, around 99% of animals consumed in the US are factory farmed.
Those who claim to and probably do "love animals" yet ridicule those who abstain from eating them just because of that, has always been difficult for me to really understand.
I'm going to say though, that trying to guilt people is counter-productive. Not that I think you're doing that here, but I've seen that happen sometimes. Also, one of the main reasons many people claim as the reason for their hostility towards vegans and vegetarians? It's because they think vegetarians or vegans feel that they're "morally superior".
There is nothing ethical or moral about the undeniable suffering of animals in factory farming. According to most available statistics, around 99% of animals consumed in the US are factory farmed.
Those who claim to and probably do "love animals" yet ridicule those who abstain from eating them just because of that, has always been difficult for me to really understand.
I'm going to say though, that trying to guilt people is counter-productive. Not that I think you're doing that here, but I've seen that happen sometimes. Also, one of the main reasons many people claim as the reason for their hostility towards vegans and vegetarians? It's because they think vegetarians or vegans feel that they're "morally superior".
@Piper
Yeah i think that's probably just a reaction to the uncomfortable fact that vegans are morally superior in this case lol.
And let me make it clear that i personally am not a vegan. I'm a hypocrite.
I try wherever i can to limit my consumption of meat but i still eat it.
Yeah i think that's probably just a reaction to the uncomfortable fact that vegans are morally superior in this case lol.
And let me make it clear that i personally am not a vegan. I'm a hypocrite.
I try wherever i can to limit my consumption of meat but i still eat it.
Piper · 61-69, F
I didn't think you were a vegan, @Pikachu. I consider myself a hypocrite in some ways about this subject, but only within myself. Although I've not personally consumed a bird or fellow mammal since the late 80's, I do not consider those who have and do immoral...simply because of that.